House Intel member: Kushner meticulous, 'not a novice'

A Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee pushed back against efforts to downplay the role of President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser during the 2016 presidential campaign.&nbsp;"He was not a novice," Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) said during an interview with KQED television in California.

Practically everyone is wading into the autonomous car space. And, collaboration between firms is just as common. Alphabet's Waymo, and GM, are buddying up with Lyft. Renault is cozying up to Nissan. And China's search giant Baidu is targeting, well, everyone. And that's just a smattering of the team-ups currently taking place. Toyota itself also recently hooked up with Nissan to build a US assembly plant for EVs and self-driving cars.

This Borg Cube makes your computer irrelevant

You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.But it might be the only one that will attempt to absorb your humanity into its cybernetic collective mind. This is the Borg Cube, an officially licenced Star Trek computer with a rather distinct chassis. And it's not just about the looks: This PC seems remarkably small considering the potent components you'll find inside. (Disclosure: Star Trek owner CBS is also CNET's parent company.

All those connected cartests are already racking up big data, which will ramp up exponentially over time. In fact, it's estimated the data volume between vehicles and the cloud will reach 10 exabytes per month by 2025, said Toyota. That's approximately 10,000 times larger than the present amount, according to the company. Pooling some of that data in the form of an alliance therefore makes a lot of sense. Especially, if Toyota and Intel intend to keep up with the competition.

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Here's How Much Faster Your Next Laptop Will Be .
Intel is providing more detail about its new line of processors. The company’s eighth generation chips, nicknamed “Coffee Lake,” will power upcoming laptops launching this year and next. &nbsp;Most notably, the company is adding two additional cores to its U series of processors, which are the ones found in thin notebooks and laptop-tablet hybrids. Those extra cores should give computers powered by the new silicon a speed boost when it comes to multitasking.

The premise is, of course, these self - driving cars are going to need to be programmed with a certain level decision making that could, in the end, kill the passengers or those outside of the car . This is game theory in action, and it’s harder than it looks.

Above: Intel is working with BMW to make self - driving cars a reality. Image Credit: Intel . They were saying that the ecosystem is changing a lot. In the microcontroller era, everybody had some very specific function they were doing.

Silicon Valley giant Intel on Wednesday announced plans for a fleet of self - driving cars following its completion of the purchase of Israeli autonomous technology firm Mobileye. A day after closing the $15 billion deal to buy Mobileye, which specializes in driver -assistance systems

BMW has added Delphi to its list of self - driving - car development partners, which include Intel and × BMW just strengthened its alliance to take on Mercedes in the self - driving - car race. suppliers and automakers is becoming less applicable as companies compete on developing a digital ecosystem .

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